russia. another hour of christiansen reports starts right now. ight now good morning, it is sunday june 25th. i am chris jansing. velshi is in he s making his way to ukraine to report on the events of the last few days. that s where we begin this hour. an extraordinary, tell, and potentially game changing 24 hours. this morning, this leads the u.s. and the world with questions in the aftermath of the greatest threat in vladimir putin s 23 year rule. it s weakened his authority? but does it tell us about his country s defense. what might be the impact on the war in ukraine? we ve got some thoughts from today s meet the press. now what we ve seen is russia having to defend moscow, its capital, against mercenaries of its own making. this is a challenge coming from within to putin, and that s where his focus has been. our focus is resolutely and resolutely on ukraine. we saw a demonstrable crack and uproot and strength. the only real answer here is that putin is going to st
but some hard right republicans are poised to stand in the way. house minority leader kathleen clark joins me to talk about what the heck is going on. and on this mlk holiday weekend, my emotional conversation with former attorney and speech writer for dr. king jr.. misses most about his dear friend. i m jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. we are in the home stretch. in 26 hours, republican caucus goers and iowa will begin choosing their nominee for the white house in the first major contest of the 2024 presidential election. right now, the candidates are spread across the state, making their closing pitch to voters. gop front runner donald trump addressed his maga supporters at an in-person earlier today. at this hour, holding a tele-rally after canceling his in-person events due to extreme weather conditions. three other candidates are also raising to the finish with campaign events later this evening. iowa republicans will be participating and one of th
and countries around the world to address that. post counterisis campaign you know, the active operations when isis was defeated essentially in syria, what we ve seen is isis essentially look to we have been watching a news conference at the pentagon regarding defense secretary lloyd austin. the pentagon said moments ago the defense secretary has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and that was the surgery he had in december and it was why he was back in the hospital for complications late december into the new year. they re explaining why there was a breakdown in communication. why the white house was not informed. saying repeatedly that they have to do better. joining us now from outside the white house is aaron gillcrist. in talking about breakdown and the timeline he have we can put up on the screen e timeline of when he was in the . when he started eing complication when he went back into the ital. january 4th is when they told the white house he was inhe for severe
to the d.c. circuit court of appeals to get his d.c. election interference case tossed, arguing he is immune from prosecution for what he did while in office. state attorney dave ehrenberg is here to talk about whether this latest trump gambit stands a snowball s chance in hell. the origin of racism a jarring new movie shines a bright spotlight on the unspoken caste system that drives deep division in america. my conversation with oscar nominated and emmy award-winning director eva duvernay is ahead. hope for the holidays a special christmas message for anyone struggling to keep faith and humanity during these turbulent times. i m jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. on this christmas eve, there is no rest for donald trump s legal team. late yesterday, lawyers for the filed an appeals brief with the d.c. circuit court of appeals which asked the appeals court to toss special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case, arguing that, quote, trump has ab
he appeared in a video released this morning saying, we still are in a fight for the soul of the nation. he spoke about the need to, in his, words defender mobocracy. he repeatedly spoke with the need to stand up for what he termed personal freedom. this time, not just against the extremism of former president who hopes to retake the white house, but republican party, the president believes is enabled by him. and has been the work of my first term to fight for it democracy. this shouldn t be a red and blue issue. to protect our, rights to make sure that everyone in this country is treated equally, and everyone is given a fair shot at making it. but around the country, maga extremists are those bench rock freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for your entire life, while cutting taxes for the very wealthy. dictating what health care decisions women can make. banning books, telling people who they can love. all making it more difficult for you to be able to vot